What kind of wheeling? rocks? mud? For rocks, I'd cut the frame in half and put in a hydraulic pivoting thing. Build and outer and inner cage. I would put on full width 5 ton axles. Full hydraulic suspension. 66 inch tires with custom tread. The suspension wouldn't be high so when the blazer rolls it can drive upsidedown.It would have hydaulic steering. The blazer wold have a fiber glass body. A rear mounte diesel out of a semi.
For mud I would say 10 ton axles, 88 inch tires, hydraulic steering and suspension about (4 feet of lift) and an 1500hp jet engine

Let's see...a 12" lift??? Looks like you'll spend more time on the top than on the tires if you get into any odd angle say above 5 deegrees. Bored? naw, just trying to get some time on the computer before the spousal unit comes in and kicks me off.....

Boggers sound good, and I like the 1 ton axles part. Dana 60 front, all 35 spline stuff. Dana 70 rear with the biggest axle shafts that will fit. Some people would say 14 bolt, but the lowest gear you can use with those are 5.13's. Dana 70's go wayyy lower.
12 inch lift is too big. Steering problems, driveline angles and it would be a major rollover hazard. I'd go 6 or 7 inches and cut the fenders.
SM465 or beefed up TH400. NP205 of course.
Fuel injected 502.

My blazer is my ultimate wheeling rig. I figure that once I have everything done to it that I plan to do the only thing that will hinder me is width, at which point i will narrow the body. It's not so much the rig, it's the nut behind the wheel.

Bored? Nope, just took a nap and now I'm going out to cut the overhang off the blazer. Later fellas.

The ultimate wheelin K5?.........Well 4 come to mind and IMHO they are all ultimate. In no particular order, Depdog's Green beast, Stephen Watson's ORD Blazer, Steve Fox's UAV, and Shawn Spickler's "Potent Rodent". Every one of these trucks inspires me. Every one of these trucks have sensible real world modifications that make the truck more able, efficient, comfortable, or flexible. In my opinion what makes these 4 (I'm sure there are many others) "ultimate", they do everything well!

the only thing good on the honda would be the bucket seats in front. you might could use the engine and make a go-kart or a generator to run a high power stereo and 20 KC lights or something. Just some suggestions.

Pre emissions Blazer with a rust free, totally clean body. Line-X the whole thing. Inside and out. Deep tint on the windows. Waterproof seats. CD player and changer with a nice system, all of it water proof (Pioneer's Marine stuff for example). All digital dash board with all the doodads. Tranny and Oil temp gauges. Dana 60 front with 35 spline axles and a limited slip. 14 bolt rear axle with a detroit locker in it, maybe a "lincoln locker". 4.88 gears. Cadillac 500 engine with headers, Edelbrock intake, CMD fuel injection or Rochester Q-jet, mild cam, able to run off of 89 octane pump gas, 350+ FT/LBS of torque at IDLE! BOP TH400, upgraded to TH475 if you can do it to a BOP tranny, or a 4L80E if I can figure out how to mate it to the Caddy. 8" of lift with 6" BDS, Alcan, or National Spring springs up front, 4" ORD shackle flip and 4" springs in the rear. Cross over steering. Dual front and single rear Bilstein resevoir shocks. 38x15.5R16.5 Super Swamper Radials for fun, 37x12.5 Goodyear GS-A Hummer take off tires for driving around and winter. Flowmaster exhaust that goes to turn downs behind the rear tires. All-Pro rock slider bars for rocker protection and nerf bar duties.

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